Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Celastrales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hearts-a-bustin' at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Euonymus americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-03-002:
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
COMMON NAME:
Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry-bush
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_euam7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_euam9_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0403d_28
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Twigs green, slender, 4-sided, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeamericanus_flwrwadb
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Inconspicuous flat, greenish-cream flowers, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
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Gill Newberry gn05_e_americanus_flower
May
1-3 flowers on a solitary axillary peduncle about half the leaf length, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Gill Newberry gn05_e_americanus_flowers
May
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Gill Newberry gn05_img_8364
May
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JK Marlow jkm0305p_09
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves thin, lanceolate to ovate, subsessile, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_americanus_7737
May NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeamericanus_flwrlr1b
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
The 1/2" flowers have five yellowish or brownish-green ovate petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeamericanus_flwrlr2
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm150712_429
July Pickens County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_euonymus_americanus_2
August
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Jim Fanning jcf_heartsabustin2
September Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
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JK Marlow jkm060911_001
September Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_e_americanus_2020
September Polk County NC
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Gill Newberry gn10_e_americanus_fruits
October
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Gill Newberry gn10_e_fruits_close_up
October
Fruit a warty red capsule that splits at maturity revealing orange-red seeds, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Euonymus americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-03-002:
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
539
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in mesic to submesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Deciduous/Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p338
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p081
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p244
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p134
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p194
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p089
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p304
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p112
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p145
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p16
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p283
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p136
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p094
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p265